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Yeah that was my fear. Replaceing valves/pistons level of difficulty? Cost? Special tools? And is it actually worth it for a 50cc?
I bought a 150cc and was going to keep the 50cc to play with, but to be honest i'm I little scared of actually getting that far into the motor.

When I did compression test, NO I did not have throttle open. Was my first time ever foing it. (yeah i'm an idiot)
Will retest tonight along with a bypass test.
I have inspected the lines, saw a small crack at vacum line, but didn't look like it went all the way, nor any change when I covered it. Will replace anyway though

Just a thought.....
Could it be that the gear from the kick start be interfering? Possibley the spring pushing gear farther int then it needs to?
Its just a shot in the dark

Aight kewl. Now time to fire up google, put my thinking cap on and get to cussing.....I mean umm work.

Allrighty then. Drilled plug out and adjusted. 2 rotations in to close it off. 2 1/2 out, runs good. Adjusted idle screw and all set. THANK YOU Aleeyoop for all your help. Also thank you to shalom72c, silverfox96, Bashan, and imnts2 for all your help.
So to recap this forum post and issues. Kick start was stuck in the down position. I removed the casing thats connected to the kick start. Spring was bound under the gear. Removed dear and spindle very carefully and painfully put spring then gear and spindal back on. (Best advice I can give here is patience. There is no trick)
Problem number 2. Scooter would not start with ignition, only kick start. Problem here was a fuse that is found on a wire just off the battery. Just needed to be set back in place.
Problem number 3. Scooter would start, then die 15 seconds later. Would die if you gave it gas, then would not crank at all.
Solution: This ended up being the air/fuel mixture. This needed the be adjusted by a single screw found on the air outake side of the carberator on the right side (driver side) Only problem with this is that there is a cap covering this screw. Which leaves 2 options. New carb or drill cap out. The video above shows how to drill it out. another way is to loosen the air intake and outake screws (front and back of carb, and turn carb so air/mixture screw is at the top. Drill a small hole SLOWLY into the cap. on the Taotao 50 this cap is very thin, about 1/8 inch thick. the cap came right out.
Once cap was out screwed screw in 2 full rotations (this was tightened all the way) then 2 1/2 rotations out. Worked perfectly.
I attached a video The other videos posted by alleyoop are better this is just a quick recap.
Again my scooter is a 2012 TaoTao 50 ATM50A
Thanks again Alleyoop. Your a life saver

ok only really cause it's getting late and getting frustrated....... If I where to restrict airflow to carb, what are the side effects to this #1. #2 how to restrict, would I need to restrict prior to the air filter like taping half the air intake, or after air filter (which is a little scarier if what ever i use happens to come loose)
Your thoughts?
I'll end up drilling it out, but starting to get tired and need to find my metal drill bits.

I can NOT find the mixture screw anywhere. I found what i think should be it, but it smoothed off and unadjustable. any ideas? (video to follow)